from I Pagliacci

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from I Pagliacci
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To perform! While seized by deliriumI dont
know any more what I am saying or doing!
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Yet it must be done, force yourself!Are you not
a man!?
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Youre a clown!
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Put on your smock, and put clown white on your
face.
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The people pay and want their laughs.
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And if Arlecchin steals your Colombina,laugh,
Pagliaccio, and everyone will applaud!
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Translate into jest your heartbreak and your
tears
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and into a grimace your sobs and your pain!
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Laugh, clown, over your shattered love!
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Laugh at the pain that is poisoning your heart!
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from Carmen
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To your toast, I return my own, gentlemen
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Soldiers and fighters understand one anotherwe
both get pleasure from the fight!
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Its festival day!The arena is full from top to
bottom
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The spectators go crazy,yelling at each other in
a great riot!
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Shouts, yells, uproar carried to a frenzy!Its
the festival for those with heart!
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Lets go! En garde!
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Bullfighter, on your guard! And remember,that
beautiful dark eyes are watching you
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and love awaits!
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All of a sudden, they fall silent.Whats
happening?
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No more shouts, its time!The bull charges,
bounding from the pen!
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It charges! It enters! It strikes!A horse
rolls over, dragging its rider.
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Ah! Bravo! Toro! shouts the crowd,the bull
goes it comes and strikes again!
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Shaking off the lances, furious, it runs!The
arena is full of blood!
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Men leap to safety over the barriers!
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Its your turn, now!Lets go! En garde!
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